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Re: The analects of Confucius, singular or plural?

If analects were capitalized, I'd treat the phrase as singular: The Analects of Confucius contains the gist of his teachings. Presented in lower case, the phrase looks plural to me: the analects of Confucius are worthy of study. In either case, the phrase doesn't change its number between clauses. The editor made an error.